Author: Chris
Date: 09:45:28 01/06/03
Some people here seems to doubt that it is possible to beat the top engines, but I found out that you can still do it with the normal means of setting up the Stonewall as White. These games was of course played without takeback or other kinds of cheating. My OTB ELO is 2230 and I have studied computer weaknesses a lot. After this game, I lost six in a row, and I decided that maybe I need some more time the next time I challenge Fritz :-) I believe I would have a better chance at tournament speed. The book was the normal Fritz 8 book. Christian-Fritz 8 Blitz:4'+2" -, 18.12.2002 1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 e6 3.Bd3 c5 4.c3 d5 5.f4 Nc6 6.Nd2 Bd6 7.Ndf3 0–0 8.Ne5 Ne7 9.Ne2 c4 10.Bc2 b5 11.Rg1 Bb7 12.g4 Ne4 13.Ng3 f6 14.Nf3 Ng6 15.Bd2 e5 16.f5 Nh8 17.Qe2 Nxd2 18.Kxd2 e4 19.Nh4 b4 20.Ng2 bxc3+ 21.bxc3 Nf7 22.Nf4 Ng5 23.Rgf1 Nf3+ 24.Rxf3 exf3 25.Qxf3 Bxf4 26.Qxf4 Qe7 27.h4 Rae8 28.g5 Kh8 29.Rg1 Bc6 30.Nh5 Rf7 31.g6 hxg6 32.fxg6 Rff8 33.Ng3 f5 34.h5 Kg8 35.h6 Bd7 36.Nh5 gxh6 37.Qxh6 Qxe3+ 38.Qxe3 Rxe3 39.Kxe3 Bc8 40.Kf3 Rd8 41.Kf4 Bd7 42.Kg5 Be8 43.Kh6 Rd6 44.Bxf5 1–0 At the end of the game I only had 10 sec left (plus the increment), so it was a pleasant surprise for me that Fritz resigned. But of course the position is completely lost. Why is it so difficult to make a program understand that a dangerous attack is coming up? Below is one of my losses. Now Fritz changed opening, possibly because of book learning. In this game I was winning around move 28-32, but missed some strong tactics. A very impressing defence by Fritz, but probably easy for most programs anyway: Christian-Fritz 8 Blitz:4'+2" -, 18.12.2002 1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 Nc6 4.f4 Nb4 5.Nf3 Nxd3+ 6.cxd3 e6 7.0–0 Be7 8.Qe2 0–0 9.e4 a5 10.e5 Nd7 11.Be3 a4 12.Nbd2 c6 13.Bf2 Qb6 14.Rab1 a3 15.b3 Nb8 16.Kh1 Na6 17.Rg1 Nb4 18.Nf1 Qb5 19.Rd1 b6 20.g4 Ba6 21.Ne1 c5 22.f5 c4 23.f6 gxf6 24.Bh4 cxb3 25.axb3 Nc6 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.exf6 Qxb3 28.Rg3 Kh8 29.g5 Rg8 30.Qh5 Rg6 31.Ng2? a2 32.Rh3 Kg8! 33.Nf4? Qxd1! 34.Qxh7+ Kf8 35.Nxg6+ Ke8 36.Qg8+ Kd7 37.Qxf7+ Kd6 0–1
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